Legal Opinion
Goss v. Board of Education
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided July 1, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 3984PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek to dismantle the Knoxville school system and to substitute therefor what they refer to as a unitary system. A unitary school system is one “within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race or color.” Alexander v. Board of Education, 396 U.S. 19, 20, 90 S.Ct. 29, 30, 24 L.Ed.2d 19; Northcross v. Board of Education, 397 U.S. 232, 237, 90 S.Ct. 891, 25 L.Ed.2d 246 (1970), (concurring opinion).
This litigation has a long history.1 In its present posture, the suit involves a motion by plaintiffs filed…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Goss v. Board of Education, City of Knoxville, Tenn.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1972
- Josephine Goss v. The Board of Education of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee,defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971